/**
* Simplifies the function first by finding the prime minterms and them the essential prime imlicants
*/
public List <Implicant> simplify()
{
this.findPrimeImplicants();
//System.Console.WriteLine(this.primeImplicantString());
//this.getImplicantChartString();
this.primeImplicantMapping = new ImplicantChart(this.primeImplicants);
this.essentialImplicants.AddRange(this.primeImplicantMapping.findEssential());
this.fullySimplified = true;
this.essentialImplicants = Implicant.RemoveDuplicatesInList(this.essentialImplicants);
return(this.essentialImplicants);
}
/**
* Prints the chart for the prime minterms, and runs the find primes function if necessary
*/
public String getImplicantChartString()
{
if (!this.foundPrimes)
{
this.findPrimeImplicants();
}
if (this.primeImplicantMapping == null)
{
this.primeImplicantMapping = new ImplicantChart(this.primeImplicants);
this.primeImplicantMapping.findEssential();
}
return(this.primeImplicantMapping.ToString());
}